RECAP: Dirk Digglers had dominated the Sex Panthers in the regular season, but going into the 2nd half of their 1st round match-up with SXP, they were clinging onto a 30-29 lead. And the Panthers dominated the 3rd quarter 18-8 to take control. The Digglers seemed to lose their composure, settling for early 3FGs rather than going inside out, the offense looked hurried and lacking composure. Nevertheless, DRK made a run late in the 4th qtr, but the Panthers were able to close this one out by showing the kind of composure you’d expect from a veteran team.

RECAP: Supreme Team has made some big improvements including at the PG position, but the playoffs is where names are made and (G) Jeff Syham is one you better remember. NYC Gritty, however, never looked really invested in this game, shooting just 26% from the field and giving up 7-8 FGs to SUP (F) Joseph Choi from mid-range. The defense was sluggish and the offense wasn’t much better. If not for a few late 3FGs, the game wouldn’t have been even this close. Syham helped SUP control it from beginning to end in a dominant performance.

RECAP: This was an odd sort of game, the kind in which neither team really looked like they wanted or deserved to win. If not for (F) David Hsiung‘s red hot shooting, Ball So Hard might have gotten blown out here, except that the TX Thunder never looked in peak form either. (G) Leuis Ng never got into rhythm, and if not for the efforts of (G) John Lee, the blowout would have been to BSH. Instead, it was a close, middling kind of game, until (F) Jerry Ho seemed to put it away with some big 2nd half 3FGs. But then, BSH couldn’t close, missing FTs and giving the ball away late. But even still then, THU couldn’t capitalize. Ng missed more FTs and gave the ball right back. One team had to win, and that was BSH, but in no way was it impressive for either team.

RECAP: Just last week it took four overtimes to decide a winner between these two teams. They would only need regulation this time, and it would be Splappa to pull off the upset over the Flying Fairies. (F) Kevin Quach just wasn’t as dominant as he was in the first match-up, so FLY had to find offense from elsewhere. It just didn’t manifest. SPL had to play without their leading scorer (F) Derek Lu, so somebody had to step up for them as well. They got a career performance from (G) Kevin Lee to carry them home. Lee is certainly one of the more polished players in the league, he just hadn’t really found his shot since joining SPL, but he certainly had it going in this one, putting up a career-high 27 pts, or 61% of SPL’s points, helping to advance his team to the semis.